Everything Korea: Fixing Works Relationships

As shared in one of my books Korea Perspective there is an interconnectedness in the Korea workplace. In particular, complex relationships abound.

This is true whether operations are in South Korea, Germany, Brazil, India or the Americas.
Directives and requests originating in Korea headquarters radiate to global operations.
In turn, inputs from local working teams, Korean and western, make their way back to Korea impacting decisions by leadership. Relationships also play a strong part in this process.
What may appear one sided and perhaps top down may actually be the result of months of study, benchmarking and research, as well as internal discussions and Korean peer input.
For reasons unclear to local overseas teams, projects can stall, while others re-boot.
Amid the disruptive business conditions, how overseas teams, Korean and Western, work together matters.

We all recognize that within divergent cultures and mindsets it requires both sides to bend, compromise and adapt, as both are in actuality all are parts of a greater whole.

That said, at times tensions culminate in relationships between Korean and western team souring.
The good news even in this era of disruptive business the…